Pituitary Tumor – Pituitary Masses Definition

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Pituitary. So let’s just step back for a moment and look at pituitary masses as a whole. So pituitary is just, it’s an anatomic organ that resides in this small confined space. And so pituitary masses can be, you got pituitary tumors, which can be benign or malignant, but by and large are almost always benign. The number of malignant pituitary tumors is, it’s a fraction of what is the big bucket of pituitary benign tumors. You can get infections there so you can get a pituitary abscess, but also fairly rare condition when compared to pituitary benign tumor.